Daily Giz Wiz 482: OLPC
Episode 482 of the podcast
| Subject: | Review of OLPC |
| Released: | Tuesday 15 January 2008 |
| Length: | about 17 minutes |
| Download file: | dgw0482.mp3 (8 MB) |
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Short info
It's Turn the Tables Tuesday, and Leo looks at a gadget you can't buy in the US, yet, the OLPC XO laptop for children.
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Detailed information
Link: OLPC
A project by Nicholas Negroponte to make low-cost computers for children in under-developed countries to use at school. The original idea was that each laptop should cost US$100, although the cost is now higher. First mentioned by Leo in response to a letter from a listener (Episode 447), the OLPC, one laptop per child, runs Python, has built-in wifi, an SD slot, Squeak Etoys, Turtle Graphics, TamTam, chat, and with a bit of hacking, can support Skype and WPA.Gadget Budget
Shash from the UK, who takes shownotes for MacBreak Weekly, writes to Leo that soemone reckoned that since his ZDTV days, Leo has probably spent over $50,000 on gadgets.
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